2019-2020 Program Update

This year’s challenges will include the new AT&T Later Haters Challenge, FIDM Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Challenge and DECA Idea Challenge. Intuit Education will be sponsoring this year’s DECA Idea Challenge at all three levels.

In this year’s Chapter Campaigns, Thrive level chapter will earn two allocations to the Thrive Academy instead of three allocations.

The Chapter Team Events will now be called the Project Management Events, effective for the 2019-2020 school year as approved by the DECA Inc. Board of Directors. The Project Management Events require participants to use project management skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close a project. Participants in the Project Management Events will:

• identify a problem

• develop a project management plan related to the problem

• implement the project using project management skills

• develop a written report and presentation on the project

The new event names are:

• Business Solutions Project (similar to the Creative Marketing Project)

• Community Awareness Project (similar to the Public Relations Project)

• Community Giving Project (similar to the Community Service Project)

• Financial Literacy Project (similar to the Financial Literacy Promotion Project)

• Sales Project (similar to the Learn and Earn Project)

There is a common set of guidelines and evaluation rubrics for the Project Management Events.

Performance Indicator lists have been updated at deca.org. As a result, there are some adjustments to the exam blueprint, which will be included in the DECA Guide and posted online.

The guidelines for the prepared Entrepreneurship Events have been updated for clarity and consistency.

This year, the Western Region Leadership Conference will take place at the Ultimate DECA Power Trip in Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2019.

The guidelines for the Executive Officer Campaigns are being updated, and campaign booths will not be a component of the campaigns this year. An alternative activity will be scheduled.